Quick report
- Aspect
- West
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Elevation
- 2987 m
- Slope Angle
- 25°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wind was the story of the day with the telemetry reporting strong winds at higher elevations. There seemed to be some damage from east winds or wind channeling up White Pine. This left dense wind drifts in suprising locations. We also didn't travel along the highest ridgelines where wind loading would have been worse.</p> <p>I didn't check poor structure mainly because the structure was good on the west facing slope where I dug. That's not to say it wouldn't have been worse on a more northerly slope or in a different location like the Park City Ridgeline.</p>
This pit was in the same location as one we dug on 11/29. At that time the snow was only about 1 foot deep and fairly weak. I was great how much the snow structure had improved. It does not show in the diagram above but my ECT result was ECTN.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>As noted above wind produced an unusual distribution of wind slabs. We found one in fairly sheltered location but it did not crack or move. The snow just felt particularly dense and firm.</p>
In sheltered areas, the snow from last weekend was nice settled powder. In more open areas, the wind left a mix of surfaces from dense wind slab to scoured surfaces.